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if that pm really works as good as span; i would wait also. on the other hand; i will not believe it until i see it. i would be interested in hearing opinions on how the future option group (cme-globex) can respond to pm.

offtopic yip; when are you gonna switch to future options? you know the all about the margin advantage.

sorry for confusing you,yip... i do have more longs than short. my short 670 and other shorts are in spreads. i have longs at 650/660/630 , etc.... no more naked....trading i then put on other trades, such as debit spreads and long options. i am , like others constantly evolving.

it sounds good to have a "clean" book; but are you in any given month completely short or completely long? you must have positions offsetting others? my debit spreads lose 9 months a year; but without auditing my book right now, i am certain to being up overall. there must be other...

maybe i am less greedy than others :eek: my shorts for april are 670 with er2 @784.60. a 60 point move more would put me 50pts out. to me , i received good money for the month. i cannot understand why others go much closer. i stay out of bad neighborhoods.......

mark, what you explained is exactly what happens to me on a regular basis. it is emotionally not easy to spend premium; but it gets easier with time. rally, why can't debits with credits just be looked at as separate trades that ultimately may effect the p/l in one way or another? i was...

like dagnyt, i may also be lucky combined with hopefully skill also. i seem to put my spreads on after big moves. it takes much discipline. you (and mav)are right about how fast a market can move, even to fotm 10% people like me. i consistently allocate 15% of my premium received to debit...

jeffm, i may have said this in the past; your posts says what i think, and are very clearly written. great job.....imo.

you know i like to bust your balls..... if PMA unfolds differently for "the little guy"; will you acknowledge this? i clearly understand the overall advantage will still be with the jbo. the differences must be quite an edge. i for one have been trading future options and have enjoyed their...

mav, you are an interesting person. it does not take much to get your attention. some unsolicited advice: improve your trading, because the jbo is going the way of the dinosaur. please do not reiterate your perception of how it will actually work. not interested. i will say , you do have a great...

ib is already advertising portfolio based margining.........

yip, you are correct. with all that has been going on, the timeline gets confusing. i was unhedged for one overnight. i did have sell stop's to go short on er2 active just above my short puts. the next day i bought longs, and then after the runnup, i closed the short puts that were open...

rally, in my earlier post, i did want to bust your balls a little about the put spreads :) even though i had very little on, i still had some in the high 600's for 1pt. just not nearly my normal monthly amount. yip, my trading is not naked anymore. i use spreads in all; so i would not call...

now you got it, not bad. my return for the past 30 days consisted of mostly short call spreads, and ratio put spreads. i had a very minimal amount of short puts because i could not get the premium and safety when er2 was trading north of 800. i would not short in the 750's. my disipline...

no, i will clarify: for every 10k in cash, i cleared 1k for the month. my math tells me that is 10%. as i admitted in an earlier post; one short position was 45 points otm. that was very close for me. imo, if the market continued toward my closest CREDIT SPREAD (on topic); i was prepared to...

rally, my put spreads (er2) all untouched and solidly otm; after an er2 8% plus one week correction. net this month 10% plus on my my account. i understand why you are so sarcastic; but for those who have been in this 10 years making good money can you still say it is luck or maybe something else?

today was my first day of "not feeling great". i was long march er2 @ 730and short april @ 730/715/710 . i did a stupid thing today when er2 was down 9pts. i sold my march inventory at huge gains; planning on buying some april longs on a bounce. that part did not happen. er2 is at 774.10...

because i care...and i need to make sure i do not get complacent . yes it takes big balls and good assessments to have been short. i was also massively short calls too. i had no short puts, just refused to sell puts in the highs. i for one plan on not putting on some careless trades after...

i had some 855calls short too; i feel a little better like you! you are completely correct imo on how the vols will stay high for a couple days. i plan on doing put spreads in a few days, not now.

mav, early on you speculated that the requirement would be 1mm, then later to 500k, etc. i understand that this was not stated as fact at the time, just what you may have heard; but now one firm is at 150k. is it possible in your above points regarding jbo vs. the final outcome concerning...